1 Samuel 27
1 Daud berpikir dalam hatinya, "Bagaimanapun juga pada suatu hari Saul akan membunuhku. Jadi, tak ada jalan lain lagi bagiku, kecuali melarikan diri ke negeri Filistin. Dengan demikian Saul tidak akan mencariku lagi di Israel, dan aku pun akan aman."
And David said in his heart, Now shall I be one day delivered [for death] into the hands of Saul; and there is no good thing for me unless I should escape into the land of the Philistines, and Saul should cease from seeking me through every coast of Israel: so I shall escape out of his hand.
2 Lalu Daud dan keenam ratus anak buahnya segera pergi ke Akhis anak Maokh, raja kota Gat.
So David arose, and the six hundred men that were with him, and he went to Anchus, son Ammach, king of Geth.
3 Maka menetaplah ia bersama anak buahnya di Gat, masing-masing dengan keluarga mereka. Daud membawa serta kedua istrinya, yaitu Ahinoam wanita dari Yizreel, dan Abigail, janda Nabal wanita Karmel.
And David lived with Anchus, he and his men, each with his family; and David and both his wives, Achinaam, the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
4 Ketika Saul mendengar bahwa Daud telah melarikan diri ke Gat, ia tidak lagi berusaha menangkapnya.
And it was told Saul that David had fled to Geth; and he no longer sought after him.
5 Lalu Daud mengusulkan kepada Akhis, "Jika Baginda merasa senang dengan hamba, berikanlah kepada hamba sebuah kota kecil di pedalaman untuk tempat tinggal, sehingga hamba Baginda ini tidak menumpang pada Baginda di ibukota ini."
And David said to Anchus, If now your servant has found grace in your eyes, let them give me, I pray you, a place in one of the cities in the country, and I will dwell there: for why does your servant dwell with you in a royal city?
6 Lalu Akhis memberikan kota Ziklag kepada Daud, dan itulah sebabnya Ziklag menjadi milik raja-raja Yehuda sampai sekarang.
And he gave him Sekelac in that day: therefore Sekelac came into possession of the king of Judea to this day.
7 Daud tinggal di negeri Filistin selama satu tahun empat bulan.
And the number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was four months.
8 Selama masa itu Daud dan anak buahnya sering kali menyerang orang Gesur, orang Girzi, dan orang Amalek; bangsa-bangsa itu sudah lama tinggal di wilayah itu. Ia menyerbu ke tanah itu sejauh Sur, dan terus ke Mesir.
And David and his men went up, and made an attack on all the Gesirites and on the Amalekites: and behold, the land was inhabited, (even the land from Gelampsur) by those who come from the fortified [cities] even to the land of Egypt.
9 Ia membunuh semua orang laki-laki dan perempuan serta merampas domba, sapi, keledai, unta, bahkan pakaian juga. Kemudian ia kembali dan menghadap Akhis.
And he struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive; and they took flocks, and herds, and asses, and camels, and raiment; and they returned and came to Anchus.
10 Jika Akhis bertanya kepadanya, "Ke mana kamu menyerbu kali ini?" Maka Daud mengatakan kepadanya bahwa ia telah pergi ke bagian selatan Yehuda atau ke wilayah orang Yerahmeel atau ke wilayah tempat tinggal orang Keni.
And Anchus said to David, On whom have you made an attack today? And David said to Anchus, On the south of Judea, and on the south of Jesmega, and on the south of the Kenezite.
11 Tidak seorang pun di daerah-daerah yang diserbunya itu dibiarkannya hidup, supaya jangan ada orang dari daerah-daerah itu yang dapat pergi ke Gat untuk melaporkan apa yang sesungguhnya telah dilakukan Daud dan anak buahnya. Begitulah tindakan Daud selama ia tinggal di negeri Filistin.
And I have not saved man or woman alive to bring them to Geth, saying, Lest they carry a report to Geth against us, saying, These things David does. And this was his manner all the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines.
12 Tetapi Akhis mempercayai Daud dan berpikir dalam hatinya, "Dia begitu dibenci oleh bangsanya sendiri, sehingga ia terpaksa menjadi hambaku seumur hidupnya."
So David had the full confidence of Anchus, who said, He is thoroughly disgraced among his people in Israel and he shall be my servant for ever.
